Category: Student Posts (Page 1 of 6)

 My theme for the final project will be black and white city skyline landscapes. My original theme idea was black and white portraits. But, I decided to go for another approach outside of my comfort zone. The reason I am going for a black and white edit is because of the aesthetic it gives the photos. I feel as if city skylines should always be photographed in black and white, the effect is just meant to be. Giving the photos a vintage New York City look and feel. The story I want to tell with my theme is that our city is iconic and we should admire it, just as the tourists do. Since we lived and grew up here, we’re used to the hustle and bustle of the city life, the whole lots of people, the whole lots of traffic, and the whole lots of skyscrapers, we never stop to see what our very own city has to offer. That is the beautiful city skylines, my subject matter. The architecture and structure of our magnificently abnormally large skyscrapers can truly be seen from a distance, not from a worm’s eye view, but from across the East River. The city itself even knows that which is why they built parks on the riverside in Queens and Brooklyn for citizens and people worldwide to come and see that magnificent city skyline. These parks on the riverside are where I will be shooting throughout the last 2 weeks of the spring semester. The techniques I will be using are depth of field, fill the frame, reflections, symmetry, frame within a frame, rule of thirds, leading lines, long shots, and high and low-angle shots. These techniques are going to blend perfectly with my theme because I will be focusing on architectural structures and buildings.    

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My theme will be documenting my exploration of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens Botanical Gardens and the types of flowers, trees, and plants that are on display. I would like to illustrate and highlight the different types of flowers, plants, and trees you can find at each location. I will visit each location on different days to shoot my photos and capture the beauty of the gardens using a variety of lines, framing, different focal lengths, different angle of views and different types of lighting.  The weather on each of these days will provide me with a natural backdrop.

I have always been interested in nature and how things grow. As a child, I was never able to visit any of the Botanical Gardens and never found time as an adult to visit although it was something that I always yearned to do.  This project gave me the opportunity to make the time to visit all three and to take my time discover and appreciate all the beauty that each location has to offer. Taking pictures will allow me to slow down and be present in the moment so that I can fully embrace the experience and share my perspective.  I will also be able to share this experience with my family and introduce my son to nature and all the beauty it holds.

I plan to really immerse myself in the information available at the gardens and use it in the evolution of my small garden and to assist a church in the upkeep of their garden.  I hope that the pictures in my final project inspires my fellow classmates to find time to visit each of the gardens and capture it through their lenses.

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The theme that I am choosing is plants growing in unexpected places. I am a very detail orientated person and I enjoy observing my surroundings. I’ve been told by plenty of people that I point out observations that  they other wise would of never knew was there if I haven’t  brung it up. I see beauty in plants growing in the most unusual places, it being the cracks in the concrete to growing out of a dead tree stump. The way I view these blooming and growing plants are, no matter how uninhabitable, and terrible your environment is, you can still rise up, grow and live on. Plants growing in concrete cracks is a concept that is typically forgotten and or simply ignore due to their abundance. It’s viewed as a norm, although I would love to change this viewpoint by highlighting its beauty. 

The photograph styles that I will use will be shallow depth of field, fill within a frame, I have a couple of places that I know will work will with this. I also include a couple of extreme close ups, as well as leading lines. Overall, I hope I can enlighten the audience’s thoughts and feelings about plants sprouting in unexpected places.